Lukashenko Viktor Avaraamovich is a professional ex-football player who played in the position of defender. Pupil of Kiev Dynamo. He played as part of Metallurg Zaporozhye, where he achieved great success. In the period from 1970 to 2008 he was engaged in coaching.
Biography
Viktor Lukashenko was born on July 2, 1937 in Kiev, the USSR. From early childhood, he became interested in football. He studied at the sports school number 1 in Kiev. He is a graduate of the Kiev football coaches Sergei Sinitsa and Oleg Oshenkov. During the football career, he acted as a central defender, in rare cases, entered the role of a defensive midfielder. He was mainly a defensive player. Victor Lukashenko’s professional career (photo below) began in 1955 at Dynamo Kyiv. In subsequent years, the footballer played for such teams as SKVO (Sverdlovsk), Arsenal Kiev, Lokomotiv Vinnitsa and Metallurg Zaporozhye.
Career at Dynamo Kiev
In 1957, as part of the Dynamo Kyiv club, Viktor Lukashenko became the champion of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. Victor was a brave and courageous defender. He had a good reaction, speed, strength and technique. Nevertheless, he could not count on a place in the main team, because at that time such masters as Abram Davidovich Lerman and then Vitaly Mikhailovich Golubev were in the same position.
In the main national championship Victor for a long time could not make his debut. From 1958 to 1959 he played in the Sverdlovsk North-Caucasian Military District, and in 1959 he returned to the ranks of Dynamo. In the 1959/60 season, he played two official matches - both in the framework of the Championship of the Soviet Union. In 1960, he became part of the 33 best football players in Ukraine, and after a while was invited to the national team of the Ukrainian USSR.
Career at Metallurg Zaporozhye
In 1965, the footballer played for Vinnitsa Lokomotiv. At the same time, he received higher education at a pedagogical institute.
Victor had his most remarkable career in Zaporizhzhya Metallurg, where he played a total of three seasons. During this period, the defender proved himself in 149 official matches, being a regular base player. Here he was a leader and a real fighter for the victory, for some time he was the captain of the team. As part of the Zaporizhzhya club, he was repeatedly recognized as the best defender.
Coaching career: start at Metallurg and a present for Ivano-Frankivsk Spartak
Since 1969, Viktor Lukashenko began his own coaching activities. The first club of the young mentor was Zaporizhzhya Metallurg, in which he completed his football career.
In the Zaporizhzhya club, Viktor revealed all his professional talent, both as a football player and as a coach. In just a year and a half, Lukashenko put things in order for Metallurg, and the club became very competitive for entering the First League. The young mentor put forward young and promising players in whom no one had previously seen special abilities. As a rule, the experience, wisdom and intuition of Victor Avraamovich led to the desired result.
After working there until 1971, Lukashenko moved to Ivano-Frankivsk, where the local “Spartak” from the second league of the USSR coached for a whole season. As a result, he brought the team to the First League, after which he left his post. It is noteworthy that when Victor first headed Spartak, the team was in 23rd place of one of the groups of the second division.
